LARGEST BATTLE IN THE HISTORY OF MAN. FOUGHT IN THE SUMMER OF 1943 BETWEEN THE GERMAN WERMACHT AND THE RED ARMY. THE LAST MAJOR OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED BY THE GERMANS, BUT WAS REPULSED BY THE SOVIETS. THE GERMANS MASSED 900,000 SOLDIERS AND 3000 TANKS AGAINST 1,900,000 SOVIETS WITH 6000 TANKS. CASAULTIES: GERMANS 120,000 MEN AND 720 TANKS. THE SOVIETS LOST 300,000 MEN AND 1800 TANKS

THE BATTLE OF KURSK DESTROYED THE ABILITY OF THE WERMACH TO WAGE OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE SOVIETS IN WORLD WAR TWO